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        "text": "To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle",
        "title": "Additional Resources"
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        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "The information provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base is provided \\\"as is\\\" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply.",
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          "text": "In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website that accepts or hosts user-provided content) that contains a specially crafted file that is designed to exploit the vulnerability. However, an attacker would have no way to force the user to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince the user to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or Instant Messenger message, and then convince the user to open the specially crafted file.",
          "title": "According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?"
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          "text": "Per our severity guidelines, the amount of user interaction or preconditions required to allow this sort of exploitation downgraded the severity, specifically it says, \u0026quot;If a bug requires more than a click, a key press, or several preconditions, the severity will be downgraded\u0026quot;. The CVSS scoring system doesn\u0027t allow for this type of nuance.",
          "title": "Why is the severity for this CVE rated as Moderate, but the CVSS score is higher than normal?"
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          "text": "An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could allow the attacker to gain the privileges needed to perform code execution.",
          "title": "What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?"
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          "text": "This vulnerability could lead to a browser sandbox escape.",
          "title": "According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability?"
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          "category": "faq",
          "text": "120.0.2210.61: 120.0.2210.61, 12/7/2023: 12/7/2023, 120.0.6099.62/.63: 120.0.6099.62/.63",
          "title": "What is the version information for this release?"
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